And a net loss for kids education, and a net loss for the vulnerable in who’s name the lockdown is enacted, and a net loss for the health of the nation who’s services were to be prevented from collapsing. It also would be good if next time we rely on those same set of “key workers”, who just so happen to be those that are relatively disadvantaged in political, health, and economic terms, despite that the next pandemic may actually have an IFR that matters more.

But it’s good to stiff the economy. That will make up for all the other policy failures. And more people will be on board with that next time so there won’t be any of that pesky criticism of the settled science that there was this time.

But good to stiff the economy. That’s what matters.